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| Seth Kelsey won the Challenge Australia. Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com |
Seth Kelsey (USA) improved into the top-16 in the FIE World Rankings with the world cup victory at the Challenge Australia this past weekend.
Kelsey won his last three direct elimination bouts by one touch each – defeating Great Britain’s Jonathan Willis 5-4 in the quarter finals, Tigran Bajgoric (CAN) 13-12 in the semi-finals, and finally Keisuke Sakamoto (JPN) 11-10 for the gold medal.
US fencers made a strong showing, with 4 fencers in the top 16. Joining Kelsey were Cody Mattern (9th), Travis Exum (11th), and Jimmy Moody (15th). Also fencing for the US were Eric Hansen (20th), Keith Lichten (21st), and Bobby Cottam (26th).
The FIE Men’s Epee circuit heads next to the Americas where the next 4 world cup events will be in Canada, Puerto Rico, Columbia, and Argentina. Fencers are able to count the best three events in each zone (Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe) towards their FIE world ranking. Having the last 4 events close to home allows the US fencers a better choice of events to improve their world rankings prior to the Pan American zonal championships and the World Championships, to be held in Paris, France this November.
Direct Elimination table (Hosted at the FIE site):click to download
Final Results:
| Rank | Name | Nationality |
| 1 | KELSEY Weston | USA |
| 2 | SAKAMOTO Keisuke | JPN |
| 3 | BAJGORIC Tigran | CAN |
| 3 | VIDEIRA Joaquim | POR |
| 5 | BOISVERT-SIMARD Hugues | CAN |
| 6 | HEINZER Max | SUI |
| 7 | WILLIS Jonathan | GBR |
| 8 | UEHARA Koshiro | JPN |
| 9 | MATTERN Cody | USA |
| 10 | STEFFEN Benjamin | SUI |
| 11 | EXUM Travis | USA |
| 12 | MINOBE Kazuyasu | JPN |
| 13 | TSUI Yiu Chung | HKG |
| 14 | ROUILLAUX Jerome | FRA |
| 15 | MOODY Jimmy | USA |
| 16 | LEWIS James | AUS |
| 17 | NISHIDA Shogo | JPN |
| 18 | LAU Kam Tan | HKG |
| 19 | AUSTEN Ross | AUS |
| 20 | HANSEN Eric | USA |
| 21 | LICHTEN Keith | USA |
| 22 | DOWNES John | AUS |
| 23 | OKU Yu | JPN |
| 24 | DAVIES Nicholas | AUS |
| 25 | HIRANO Yoshiki | JPN |
| 26 | COTTAM Bobby | USA |
| 27 | CARTILLIER Luc | AUS |
| 28 | DOLLEY William | AUS |
| 29 | LEWITH Richard | AUS |
| 30 | MACDONALD Kyle | NZL |
| 31 | LIM Wei Wen | SIN |
| 32 | LAU Lai Chuen | HKG |
| 33 | PETRICIC Martin | CRO |
| 34 | DI MAGGIO Nicolas | SUI |
| 35 | CASAGRANDE Zaccaria | AUS |
| 36 | FENWICK Andrew | IRL |
| 37 | MAEDA Yusuke | JPN |
| 38 | SHELLEY Jeremy | AUS |
| 39 | TOUYET Nicolas | FRA |
| 40 | DE SEPIBUS Severin | SUI |
| 41 | JAMROZY Marek | AUS |
| 42 | RADFORD Kristian | AUS |
| 43 | LEE Samson Mun Hou | SIN |
| 44 | MANSFIELD Luke | AUS |
| 44 | HAGIWARA Hiroki | JPN |
| 46 | HICKS Xavier | AUS |
| 47 | REID Shannon | AUS |
| 48 | BISHOP William | NZL |
| 49 | SESUN Andreas | NZL |
| 50 | GRONCKI Roy | AUS |
| 51 | BLACKMAN Samuel | AUS |
| 52 | LEUNG Ka Ming | HKG |
| 53 | ARNOLD Scott | AUS |
| 54 | PESMAN Marcus | AUS |
| 55 | WU Siu Cheung | HKG |
| 56 | WONG Chun Sing | HKG |
| 57 | BEWSHER Justin | AUS |
| 58 | CLARKE Reagan | AUS |
| 59 | EMMANUEL Suresh | AUS |
| 60 | WILCOCK Benjamin | AUS |
| 61 | SUMMERFIELD Simon | AUS |
| 62 | SNELL Robert | AUS |
| 63 | JAVENS Stephen | AUS |
| 63 | LOVELL Alexander | AUS |
| 65 | HUNTER Alexander | AUS |
| 66 | NELSON Michael | AUS |
| 67 | HARGREAVES Oscar | AUS |
| 68 | FAIRWEATHER Duncan | AUS |
| 69 | MIHAILESCU Cosmin | AUS |
| 70 | SAW Adrian | NZL |
| 71 | ROBSON Daniel | AUS |